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46 MTR November 2006 Geophysical Union, the Acoustical Society of America and the Marine Technology Society, and a member of the Maritime Historical Society, the Society for Industrial Archeology, Sigma Xi and Phi Beta Kappa. During 1990-92 he was president of the Ocean Sciences section of the American Geophysical Union and chaired its Fellows Committee in 1994-96. He was also an active mem- ber of the Scholia Club of San Diego. In 1965 he was awarded the Franklin Institute's Wetherill Medal for his role in the development of FLIP. He received the Marine Technology Society's Distinguished Achievement Award in 1971. He was presented the U.S. Navy's highest award for scientific achievement, the Captain Robert Dexter Conrad Award, in 1974 for "outstanding achievement in planning, conducting and administration of research and development." In 1980 the American Association for the Advancement of Science awarded Spiess and his coauthors the Newcomb Cleveland Prize for the outstanding paper published in Science that year. In 1983 he received the Maurice Ewing medal from the American Geophysical Union and the U.S. Navy for outstanding contribu- tions to marine geophysics. In 1985 he was awarded the Acoustical Society of America's Pioneers of Underwater Acoustics medal and the Lockheed Award for Ocean Science and Engineering from the Marine Technology Society. In 1985 he was elected a member of the National Academy of Engineering for significant breakthroughs in ocean engineering, including the development of FLIP, Deep Tow and precision benthic navigation. In 1990 he received the Navy Distinguished Service Award for leadership in ocean technology. Most recently, he was awarded the 2006 Distinguished Technical Achievement Award from the Oceanic Engineering Society of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers "for six decades of advances in ocean engineering while developing sea-going research tools." His daughter Kathy Dallaire will accept the award on his behalf on September 20. Spiess served the University of California Academic Senate both locally and UC-wide. At UC San Diego, he was chair of the Committee on Planning and Budget during 1986-88, the Graduate Council in 1983- 84, the Committee on Privilege and Tenure in the 1970s and chair of the San Diego Division in 1985- 86. He served as vice chair and chair of the UC-wide Academic Council and Assembly in 1988-89 and 89-90, respectively, including acting as one of the two faculty representatives on the UC Board of Regents during that period. From 1998 to 2001 he chaired the UC Academic Senate Task Force for the startup of UC's new campus at Merced. His contributions in this arena were recognized in 2000 with the Oliver Johnson Award for out- standing service to the Academic Senate. At Scripps he served on and chaired many committees, including Scripps Staff Council (1962-64). He was a leader in the restoration of the historic Old Scripps Building, includ- ing serving on the Building Restoration Committee (1976-87). He was awarded the UC San Diego Campus Ministry Award for academ- ic leadership in 1989. In addition to his university and civic activities, he was the moderator of the Congregational Church of La Jolla during 1984-85, and served for many years as the church's financial secretary. people & companies Fred Spiess, David Chadwell, John Hildebrand. MTR#9 (33-48).qxd 11/13/2006 4:39 PM Page 46
